Ahhhh, Standard Time. Last night we sprung ahead. Before going to sleep I advanced my clock from 10:17 to 11:17. It's a symbol of a weakening winter, spring gaining torque in its coils, and the inevitable thaw induced by the sun claiming its rightful position higher above our heads. It also results in an even more annoying bedtime as I explain to the kids it is in fact time to call it quits despite the brightness of the evening sky.
Like this wasn't tough enough already.
Remember, parents, LBK (Life Before Kids)? Remember the glory washing over you as you gained an hour's sleep in the fall? Remember how you didn't care about spring's time change, since you compensated by sleeping in an extra 60 minutes? Ahhhhh….LBK.
Not benefiting from a time change, I can deal with. It's the comfort of pulling the sheets under their chins under the cover of darkness I'm going to miss.
As I've mentioned in prior posts sundowns have a transformative effect on me as well as on my kids.
Can't we just eke it out until June? Is there some way, either through science or chemistry, to keep evenings dim enough that my kids are dimmed to the beckoning of the outdoors at 7pm?
Maybe I'll start a list of items required to keep bedtimes simple for the next 100 days:
- Heavy Curtains
- Gravol (never mind toddler doses, gimme the big pills)
- Door Locks (x 2)
- White Noise Machine (x 2)
- Nature CD (x 2)
- Sleep Mask (x 2)
- Charlie Rose Seasons 1 and 2 on DVD
Note to self: remove carbon monoxide detector…really, what could it hurt?
Tonight is the first really challenge; the combination of sleep deprivation induced crankiness due to last night's time change, and the realization that daddy must have &^%$'d up bedtime since it's still bright outside.
I can always move the kids to Saskatchewan before my wife gets home; they leave their clocks alone year round. Of course, they also get more sunlight than any other jurisdiction in Canada.
It may not render bedtime any easier, but it may soothe my disposition, which is a little dark at the moment.
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